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Senate Finance Committee advances seven designation and assistance bills to the floor

2134543 · January 21, 2025

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Summary

At a brief Jan. 21, 2025 meeting, the Senate Finance Committee moved seven bills to the Senate floor, largely ceremonial designations and one measure directing the Department of State to provide technical assistance to municipalities after a college or university closure. Votes were recorded and will be published after the meeting.

The Senate Finance Committee advanced seven bills to the Senate floor at a short committee meeting on Jan. 21, 2025, moving several ceremonial designations and one administrative-assistance measure ahead of the coming budget hearings.

The committee chair said the session began with a "relatively light agenda of bills that already passed in the previous year," and noted the meeting was scheduled to occur before the start of budget hearings next week. Committee members completed consideration of all items with little debate and advanced each measure to the full Senate.

The committee voted on the following bills:

S487 (Fernandez) — Designates Aug. 31 each year as Overdose Awareness Day. The committee moved the bill to the floor following a voice vote; the chair announced the bill "moves to the floor." (Moved/seconded and individual vote names not specified in the record.)

S518 (Persaud) — Requires inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in basic and pre-employment curricula for state and municipal police officers and sheriffs, fire department members, correction officers, first responders, EMTs and advanced EMTs. Senator Liu moved the bill and Senator Gustavo Rivera seconded it. The chair recorded "2 nos" and "1 without rec"; the committee chair said members who could not attend had submitted voting sheets and that all votes would be made public after the meeting. The committee advanced the bill to the floor.

S557 (Kruger) — Designates the month of May as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. The committee moved the bill to the floor following a voice vote.

S616 (Stavisky) — Designates the month of May as Korean American Family Month. The committee moved the bill to the floor following a voice vote.

S1525 (May) — Directs the Department of State, in cooperation with other state departments, to provide technical assistance to any municipality that requests help after a college or university within that municipality has closed. A senator moved and seconded the bill; the committee advanced it to the floor.

S1688 (Scoofus) — Designates the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. Committee discussion included a senator noting prior unsuccessful attempts to pass the measure in the Assembly; the bill was moved and seconded and advanced to the floor.

S1811 (Fernandez) — Designates May 9 as Opioid Awareness Day. The committee moved the bill to the floor after a voice vote; Senator O'Brocker moved the bill and Senator Gustavo Rivera seconded it, according to the record.

The committee chair reminded members that budget hearings begin Jan. 27 and outlined the first week’s schedule, saying members should expect to spend extended periods in hearing room B and that voting sheets are available for floor votes while members are in hearings. The chair closed the meeting after confirming the agenda was complete.

Votes and any submitted voting sheets will be recorded and made public after the committee posts its official record.